Europa, Europa

Name: Europa, Europa
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Solomon Perel
ISBN: 9781666553734

Author: Solomon Perel, Margot Bettauer Dembo

Narrator: Christopher David

Unabridged: 7 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 07/07/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Judaism, History, Modern History, Holocaust, Historical Biography

Synopsis

This is the powerful memoir of Solomon Perel, a man who survived the Holocaust by hiding his Jewish identity and becoming a member of the Hitler Youth. This book was the basis of Agnieska Hollands' award-winning film Europa, Europa. Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, it is an important and controversial contribution to a better understanding of the complexity of life under the Nazis.

About Solomon Perel

Solomon Perel is an Israeli author and motivational speaker who was able to escape the wrath of the Nazi regime by pretending to be an ethnic German—even going so far as to join the ranks of the Hitler Youth. The film Europa, Europa was based loosely on his life story.

About Margot Bettauer Dembo

Margot Bettauer Dembo is an award-winning translator whose credits include works by Judith Hermann, Robert Gernhardt, and Joachim Fest, among others. She has been recognized with the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize and the Goethe-Institut/Berlin Translator’s Prize.

About Christopher David

Christopher David is an actor and a voiceover artist with experience in theatre, film, and audiobook narration. Also a business professional, he earned his MBA from Bowling Green State University. He believes travel is the best inspiration, writes in his spare time, and currently resides in Ohio.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Choco on September 19, 2024

Impresionante testimonio autobiográfico de Solomon Perel, un preadolescente (al final ya un hombre joven) judío que se finge un ario huérfano y le salió bien (lo que, mirando sus fotografías no deja de ser asombroso) en pleno periodo nazi. Acaba de "mascota" del ejército con algunos logros en su hab......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on April 21, 2024

Kann man ja wohl nichts anderes geben als 5 Sterne. Ist verrückt was er erlebt hat. Und er hat heute Geburtstag :)......more

Goodreads review by Vivi on December 17, 2016

Ich hatte das Glück diesen doch sehr außergewöhnlichen Mann zu treffen und seine Geschichte und seine Nachricht an uns Jugendliche aus seinem eingenen Mund zu hören. Das Buch ist einfach spannend und so interessant, da es etwas komplett anderes ist, als man normal über die Zeit unter Hitlersherrschaf......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on June 23, 2016

This is one of the few times that the movie was better than the book. There wasn't enough depth even though there was so much available for this topic. Solomon is a Jewish boy who mascarades as an Aryan to escape death. As a teenager, he is adopted by a high ranking German officer and sent to a Hitl......more